232
Registres de recensement
60
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 125
- Foyers
- 32
- Personnes
- 107 -14.4%
- Foyers
- 28 -12.5%
À propos
Monaghanoose is a small townland located in County Cavan in the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of the Cavan region, which is characterized by rolling hills, numerous lakes, and drumlin terrain typical of the border counties. Like many Irish townlands, Monaghanoose represents one of the smallest administrative divisions in the Irish land system, and its exact boundaries and extent have been formally recorded in the historical land surveys and maps of the county. The surrounding area is predominantly rural, with scattered farmsteads and agricultural land forming the backbone of settlement patterns in this part of Cavan.
The history of Monaghanoose, as with much of rural County Cavan, is bound up with the broader patterns of Irish rural settlement, land tenure, and community development. The townland system itself dates back to medieval times and was refined through various land surveys, most notably the Down Survey of the 1650s and later the Ordnance Survey maps of the 19th century. The name Monaghanoose, like many Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language roots, though the specific etymology would require specialist linguistic research to confirm with certainty. The area would have experienced the major historical transformations affecting rural Ireland, including the impact of the Land Acts, agricultural changes, and patterns of emigration that shaped Irish society from the 19th century onward.
As a rural townland, Monaghanoose's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the fabric of local community life and agricultural heritage in County Cavan. The townland serves as a geographic and administrative reference point for residents and in local records. Like other small townlands in the region, it would have supported farming families and contributed to the broader rural economy of the area. For those with family connections to the locality, Monaghanoose holds genealogical and ancestral importance, particularly for the Irish diaspora researching their family origins and local history.
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
23 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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